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Ishmael Reed Quotes

Ishmael Reed quotes

American Poet February 22, 1938

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Ishmael Reed quote: "Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest..."
Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs. Ishmael Reed
That kind of thing happens to black people every day in this country, and they don't receive that kind of sentence he did, which was to go to prison on the weekends; I think he lectured there-an outside lecturer. Ishmael Reed
Neo-Hoodoo is the 8 basic dances of 19th century New Orleans' Place Congo- the Calinda the Bamboula the Chacta the Babouille the Conjaille the Juba the Congo and the VooDoo- modernized into the Philly Dog, the Hully Gully, the Funky Chicken, the Popcorn, the Boogaloo and the dance of great American choreographer Buddy Bradley. Ishmael Reed
I'm sure that you could go back and make a graph showing that all the killings of black males increased in times of economic difficulty. As a matter of fact, a black man was lynched last year. Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed quote: "Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art."
Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art. Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed quote: "Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."
Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination. Ishmael Reed
Dualism:: In Ralph Ellison's Invisible ManI am outside of history. i wish i had some peanuts, it looks hungry there in the cage. i am outside of history. its hungrier than i thot. Ishmael Reed
No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o’clock news, the mumblings of wild men saddled by demons. Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed quote: "Tea Party members go to meetings on Medicare scooters."
Tea Party members go to meetings on Medicare scooters. Ishmael Reed
I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor. Ishmael Reed
I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. Ishmael Reed

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